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  • 5:28 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    30:50
  • 5:19 AM

    Four Carols: Good People All, This Christmastime; Still, Still, Still; Cherry Tree Carol; The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Winter Gift

    Adagio Trio

    6:44
  • 5:13 AM

    Khovanshchina: Prelude (Dawn over the River Moscow)

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    5:47
  • 5:06 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    A Christmas Festival

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Intermezzo No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Klavierstucke Op. 119 / Fantasien op. 116 / 3 Intermezzi Op. 117

    Stephen Kovacevich, piano

    4:47
  • 4:44 AM

    String Quartet No. 2: II-III

    Lars-Erik Larsson

    Helsingborgs String Quartet

    14:22
  • 4:42 AM

    O admirabile comercium

    Jacob Handl

    Chanticleer

    2:30
  • 4:08 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    32:00
  • 4:01 AM

    Estonian Dance Suite

    Eduard Tubin

    Helsingborgs Symphony

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    7:00
  • 3:31 AM

    Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky"

    Antonin Dvorak

    Wu Han, piano

    Philip Setzer, violin

    David Finckel, cello

    29:31
  • 3:21 AM

    Ballade No. 2 in D

    Johannes Brahms

    Alfred Brendel, piano

    6:00
  • 2:52 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Randall Thompson

    American Masters: Harris, Thompson, Diamond

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    27:45
  • 2:46 AM

    This is the truth sent from above

    Traditional

    Chanticleer

    Dawn Upshaw, soprano

    4:42
  • 2:38 AM

    Les Chanteurs de Noel

    Alexander Glazunov

    Noel

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    6:45
  • 2:35 AM

    I Saw a Maiden

    Traditional

    Carols Around The World

    Quink

    3:47
  • 2:07 AM

    Symphony No. 36 "Linz"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 "Linz"

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    27:34
  • 12:29 AM

    Concerto Antico

    Richard Harvey

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Daniel, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    28:41
  • 12:22 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Jacqueline Kerrod, harp

    5:45
  • 12:11 AM

    Simpson's Gap

    Padma Newsome

    Brooklyn Rider

    4:44
  • 12:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    Francesco Geminiani

    Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 7

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Iona Brown, conductor

    8:28
  • 11:47 PM

    Serenade No. 1: Allegro molto

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Serenade No. 1, Variations on a Theme by Haydn

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    12:55
  • 11:41 PM

    Nutcracker: Overture

    Tchaikovsky

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Sieji Ozawa, conductor

    3:22
  • 11:37 PM

    Christmas Cracker

    Thomas Jones

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:05
  • 11:34 PM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Traditional Spanish

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    3:23
  • 11:31 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Duo Campion-Vachon

    2:10
  • 11:23 PM

    The Happy Slaves: Overture

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    7:18
  • 11:14 PM

    Minuet Antique

    Maurice Ravel

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - The Minnesota Orchestra: The Vox Recordings

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:44
  • 11:03 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:50
  • 10:54 PM

    Frans Bruggen, flute

    Anner Bylsma, cello

    Bob van Asperen, harpsichord

    7:21
  • 10:42 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:43
  • 10:39 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Artaria Quartet

    2:14
  • 10:29 PM

    Gloriana: Courtly Dances

    Benjamin Britten

    Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    10:19
  • 10:21 PM

    Los que buen

    Vidales

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Smramek, conductor

    6:30
  • 10:18 PM

    La suave melodia

    Andrea Falconieri

    Belladonna

    1:58
  • 10:11 PM

    The Sussex Mummers' Carol

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Medalist Concert Band

    Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

    3:47
  • 10:00 PM

    Lucio Silla: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra--Live! 1987

    Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra

    George Cleve, conductor

    8:32
  • 9:55 PM

    See Amid the Winter Snows

    Traditional

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 9:34 PM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

    Max Pommer, conductor

    Burkhard Glaetzner, oboe d'amore

    18:37
  • 9:26 PM

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Georges Bizet

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite

    Toronto Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    3:10
  • 9:24 PM

    Blair String Quartet

    3:45
  • 9:05 PM

    Guitar Concerto

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    New York Philharmonic

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    18:26
  • 9:00 PM

    Flemish Carol; Past Three a Clock

    Traditional

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:55
  • 6:50 PM

    Suite for Cello, 3rd movement

    Gaspar Cassado

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    5:51
  • 6:43 PM

    Seven Tunes Heard in China, "The Drunken Fisherman"

    Bright Sheng

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:53
  • 6:29 PM

    Cello Concerto, 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    12:37
  • 6:18 PM

    Sonata for Solo Cello

    Zoltan Kodaly

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    9:34
  • 6:07 PM

    Once Upon More Beautiful Days

    David Popper

    Janos Starker, cello

    Shigeo Neriki, piano

    3:40
  • 6:04 PM

    Suite for Cello, 3rd movement

    Gaspar Cassado

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:33
  • 5:55 PM

    Arise, Shine!

    Paul Weber

    Luther College Cathedral Choir

    5:00
  • 5:47 PM

    Grand Angelic March

    Christmas

    Canadian Brass

    2:22
  • 5:38 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    11:20
  • 5:27 PM

    Ave Maria

    Gabriel Faure

    Joshua Bell, violin

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    4:13
  • 5:18 PM

    Concerto Armonico No. 6

    Wilhelm van Wassenaer

    The "Pergolesi" Concerti Armonici

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    8:29
  • 5:10 PM

    Now is born the divine Christ child; Here is joy for every age

    Piae Cantiones

    Fairfax Choral Society

    Douglas Mears, conductor

    6:02
  • 5:05 PM

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:17
  • 4:44 PM

    Duet-Concertino

    Richard Strauss

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet

    Kim Walker, bassoon

    19:45
  • 4:38 PM

    One Winter's Night

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Bryan Sutton, guitar

    4:47
  • 4:36 PM

    Andrew Lawrence King, harp

    2:00
  • 4:32 PM

    Sing Hallelu!

    Stephen Paulus

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:56
  • 4:07 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    23:54
  • 4:01 PM

    From heaven on high (Vom Himmel hoch)

    Michael Praetorius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    6:34
  • 3:51 PM

    Concierto de Aranjuez: 2nd mvt

    Joachin Rodrigo

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    John Williams, g

    10:00
  • 3:42 PM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    Luther College Choirs

    4:25
  • 3:00 PM

    Ramuntcho Suite No. 2

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    14:36
  • 2:58 PM

    Keyboard Concerto in f: 2nd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Sharon Isbin, g

    2:00
  • 2:51 PM

    Italian Concerto: 3rd mvt

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rosalyn Tureck, p

    4:00
  • 2:47 PM

    Goldberg Variations: Aria

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rosalyn Tureck, p

    3:22
  • 2:42 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 2:32 PM

    Four Dances: Gigue

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet, Vol. 2

    Athena Ensemble

    1:59
  • 2:21 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    8:49
  • 2:18 PM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Traditional French

    Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Jacqueline Kerrod, harp

    2:14
  • 2:10 PM

    Copper Street Brass Quintet

    4:30
  • 2:04 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman (Fantasia para un gentilhombre): Canario

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Louis Fremaux, conductor

    John Williams, guitar

    4:47
  • 1:54 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:01
  • 1:46 PM

    Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish": 2nd mvt

    Robert Schumann

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Christian Thielemann, conductor

    7:11
  • 1:42 PM

    Deilig er den himmel bla (Bright and Glorious is the Sky)

    Traditional Danish

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    2:13
  • 1:33 PM

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    8:23
  • 1:28 PM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    Canadian Brass

    2:22
  • 1:18 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    Mikhail Milman, cello

    Alexei Utkin, oboe

    Marc Minkowski, bassoon

    9:19
  • 1:09 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Henry Purcell

    Chatham Baroque

    7:22
  • 1:05 PM

    Messiah: For unto us a child is born

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel Bars: Popular Works of George Frideric Handel

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:48
  • 12:52 PM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Giardino Armonico

    Giovanni Antonini, recorder

    7:39
  • 12:40 PM

    Mazeppa: Gopak

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:17
  • 12:33 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Bruno Giuranna, viola

    6:07
  • 12:31 PM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Sugar Plums: Christmas with The Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    Summit Hill Brass Quintet

    1:27
  • 12:24 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich, Shchedrin: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    5:04
  • 12:20 PM

    Jewels of the Madonna: Intermezzo

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    Leonard Bernstein: The Encore Collection Vol. 2

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    2:56
  • 12:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 12:04 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Make We Joy!

    Bemidji Chamber Singers

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    1:57
  • 11:48 AM

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    12:18
  • 11:41 AM

    Gabriel's Greeting

    Barry Seaman

    Richard Auldon Clark, viola

    Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano

    4:50
  • 11:16 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    21:25
  • 11:09 AM

    Christmas Oratorio: Shepherd's Music

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    White Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:24
  • 11:08 AM

    Beautiful Rosemary (Schon Rosmarin)

    Fritz Kreisler

    Alain Trudel, trombone

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, piano

    2:02
  • 11:01 AM

    Ave Maria

    Robert Parsons

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    Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

    Geoffrey Webber, conductor

    4:27
  • 10:55 AM

    Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:57
  • 10:16 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 27

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Mitsuko Uchida, conductor

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    32:19
  • 10:10 AM

    Men of Harlech

    John Thomas

    John Thomas: Harp Music

    Lipman Harp Duo

    Sebastien Lipman, harp

    3:19
  • 10:06 AM

    Nowell: Arise and wake

    Andrew Smith

    New York Polyphony

    3:29
  • 10:01 AM

    Donkey Carol

    John Rutter

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:23 AM

    Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 & 5

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    27:35
  • 9:11 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite

    Franz Liszt

    Christmas Piano Music

    Eteri Andjaparidze, piano

    9:59
  • 9:06 AM

    Lyric Pieces: At the Cradle

    Edvard Grieg

    Winter Dreams

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:34
  • 9:01 AM

    Scherzo-Tarantelle

    Henryk Wieniawski

    Shannon Lee, violin

    Pamela Mia Paul, piano

    4:39
  • 8:40 AM

    Somerset Wassail

    Traditional

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:06
  • 8:12 AM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Pinchas Zukerman, viola

    Lynn Harrell, cello

    26:29
  • 8:07 AM

    Two Tree Carols: Christbaum

    Sasha Johnson Manning

    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus

    Philip Barnes, conductor

    5:29
  • 8:01 AM

    Barcarolle No. 3

    Ned Rorem

    Ruskin Cooper, piano

    4:32
  • 7:49 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    John Stanley

    Stanley: Concertos, Op. 2

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    9:06
  • 7:42 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude and Fugue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kremerata Baltica

    Dita Krenberga, flute

    Justina Gelgotaite, oboe

    Reinut Tepp, cembalo

    4:11
  • 7:16 AM

    Symphony No. 92 "Oxford"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    24:47
  • 7:06 AM

    Concert Variations on "Adeste Fideles"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Judy Loman, harp

    4:59
  • 7:01 AM

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Chanticleer

    4:36
  • 6:55 AM

    See Amid the Winter's Snow

    John Goss

    The Wallace Collection's Victorian Christmas

    Trinity Boys' Choir

    Simon Wright, conductor

    3:35
  • 6:19 AM

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring"

    Robert Schumann

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    35:50
  • 6:11 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    Nina Bodnar, violin

    Natasha Lipkina, violin

    Nathaniel Rosen, cello

    6:15
  • 6:06 AM

    My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

    Robert Burns

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rory Macdonald, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    3:36
  • 6:01 AM

    Contemplation

    Henriette Renie

    Naoko Yoshino, harp

    4:33
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